Oh I agree with all the above.
Like I said, They make that balance/decision of price vs units sold.
I think some products price above that balance, but that's just my opinion. As in my PGMusic example; PGMusic could charge more but would lose a repeat buyer market.
At some point the cost of producing the product becomes cheaper, if you sell enough of them.

And trust me, I don't pay $5k for musician time. I (and another) invested in and maintain a small local studio that musicians enjoy, hence my access to decent musicians. At very little cost overall.
"Yeah, we can give you cheap studio time, wanna jam on some of our stuff too?" works very well for us.
Plus we can do it at our leisure.

The whole thing was based on 'value to me', which is the only way I can honestly define value (and I thought I made that clear, even in your quote).
YMMV, and likely will, so I'm not arguing.

I do not work here, but the benefits are still awesome
Make your sound your own!